diff --git a/src/multimedia/video/qabstractvideobuffer.cpp b/src/multimedia/video/qabstractvideobuffer.cpp
index 0d0ff597..127cd5ea 100644
--- a/src/multimedia/video/qabstractvideobuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/multimedia/video/qabstractvideobuffer.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,19 @@ QAbstractVideoBuffer::~QAbstractVideoBuffer()
     delete d_ptr;
 }
 
+/*!
+    Releases the video buffer.
+
+    QVideoFrame calls QAbstractVideoBuffer::release when the buffer is not used
+    any more and can be destroyed or returned to the buffer pool.
+
+    The default implementation deletes the buffer instance.
+*/
+void QAbstractVideoBuffer::release()
+{
+    delete this;
+}
+
 /*!
     Returns the type of a video buffer's handle.
 
diff --git a/src/multimedia/video/qabstractvideobuffer.h b/src/multimedia/video/qabstractvideobuffer.h
index 0e92d328..6bd7f8a5 100644
--- a/src/multimedia/video/qabstractvideobuffer.h
+++ b/src/multimedia/video/qabstractvideobuffer.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public:
 
     QAbstractVideoBuffer(HandleType type);
     virtual ~QAbstractVideoBuffer();
+    virtual void release();
 
     HandleType handleType() const;
 
diff --git a/src/multimedia/video/qvideoframe.cpp b/src/multimedia/video/qvideoframe.cpp
index c17a8883..4b130980 100644
--- a/src/multimedia/video/qvideoframe.cpp
+++ b/src/multimedia/video/qvideoframe.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ public:
 
     ~QVideoFramePrivate()
     {
-        delete buffer;
+        if (buffer)
+            buffer->release();
     }
 
     QSize size;